The purpose of this presentation is to demonstrate the potential of a new social networking learning environment designed to increase retention rates at a self-paced distance education institution...
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Virtual world technologies such as Second Life and There has generated much interest concerning its potential in the areas of learning communities, social connectedness among “classmates” and even...
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Collaboration is an important aspect in real life learning today. We need to provide students with a skill-set to be successful on many levels within their learning. All learners are currently in ...
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Christina Han, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong

This study examines the effectiveness of using online social media technologies to advance collaborative coaching for novice and incumbent principals’ leadership capability. It is proposed that...
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Robert Horgan & Jane Chin, Queen's University, Canada

Online learning communities provide a number of benefits to students and instructors in higher education. This paper explores the shared experience of two instructors who created online communities...
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Simulation is an effective method used in classroom settings to teach professional skills. Feedback from others and self-reflection are useful, as is online interaction. The authors developed a...
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Lan Li, Bowling Green State University, United States; Xiongyi Liu, Cleveland State University, United States

This proposal reports a web-based system that can be used to prepare students for critical assessment and facilitate peer review. Despite their wide use in education, paper-based peer assessment...
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Mark McGuire, Design Studies, University of Otago, New Zealand

This paper reviews a teaching initiative that involved the use of blogging and podcasting to create and share Open Educational Resources (OER). In this project, students produced these resources as...
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Blogs are increasingly used as an educational tool and becoming a critical component of many web-based learning environments. Based on our analytical review of the related literature and empirical ...
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Hana Omar, University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States

Abstract: Social networks support students’ interaction in online classrooms. The goal of using social networks is to enhance students’ sense of community and to help them improve their achievement...
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This tech-savvy generation of students, known as digital natives, desires to learn and to interact utilizing the collaborative technologies that have always been a part of their lives. In the era...
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